By Rita Platt & John Wolfe Today in almost every elementary school in America, teachers are required (or at least highly encouraged) to use curriculum based […]
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by: James McGuire “Why should we do that?” “What a waste of time.” These are frequently heard phrases in a school. A secret that teachers […]
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By Rita Platt Looking for a fresh, fun way to quickly and easily assess your students’ progress? Try having them “Tap Out!” Step 1: […]
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By Lori Fox Just this week my students began taking the Wisconsin Badger State Test. Prior to this week the test makers have made numerous […]
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By John Wolfe and Rita Platt Not too many years ago, the ESL classroom was a space apart. It often served as a warm refuge […]
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By John Wolfe and Rita Platt A new poll has come out that suggests the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) are losing teacher support. That […]
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“Students today depend on paper too much. They don’t know how to write on a slate without getting chalk dust all over themselves. They can’t […]
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Once, when I was doing my student teaching, I created a test for a “Business Communications” unit. Now you have to understand that this was […]
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By: Rita Platt Recently I was at a meeting for reading specialists when the concept of level-appropriate texts came up. Much to my surprise several […]
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There is a movement to teach children to read at a younger age and it may help to incorporate short periods of intentional training every day in the area of rhyming in order to move along the continuum of learning in a reasonable, developmentally appropriate manner. The focus and goal of this action research project was to increase students’ understanding and use of rhyming words as a pre-literacy skill.
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